Principal Supplier Quality Engineer – PWB, Electronics Category

🕒 September 29

💵 $118.1k - $200.8k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🔧 QA Engineer (Quality Assurance)

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BAE Systems, Inc.

10,000+ employees

🎖️ Defense

🚀 Aerospace

🔐 Security

Defense • Aerospace • Security

BAE Systems, Inc. is a large defense and aerospace company that provides advanced technology, intelligence solutions, and mission-critical systems to protect national security. The company develops and supports defense systems and aerospace technologies, works with military and government customers (including supporting space-related work such as NASA collaborations), and emphasizes innovation, cybersecurity and intelligence offerings. BAE positions itself as a partner to defenders and focuses on engineering, manufacturing, and integrated solutions for security and defense.

📋 Description

• Implement tools and processes to ensure suppliers have robust manufacturing processes, tests, and acceptance plans • Investigate, evaluate, resolve, mitigate, and prevent quality issues • Conduct supplier audits, capability assessments, process evaluations, and process optimization activities for PCB fabrication and assembly • Analyze defect trends • Lead failure analysis and continuous improvement projects • Apply corrective and preventive action tools • Conduct supplier performance updates • Work as part of the PWB Commodity Team on supplier performance improvement activities • Utilize supplier scorecards, metrics, and analytical tools to quantify performance • Develop supplier improvement plans • Evaluate the impact of nonconforming product and assess supplier corrective actions • Champion problem solving and root cause analysis with suppliers • Perform source inspection at supplier locations • Perform and evaluate First Article Inspections per AS9102 • Train suppliers to meet BAE Systems’ expectations • Drive Zero Defect programs within the PWB supply base • Review and approve supplier PPAPs and FAI reports • Report progress and present findings • Report to the Electronics Director of Supplier Quality • Shift between tactical and strategic work based on project and organizational needs

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 4-8+ years of related experience or 8-12+ years of related engineering experience in lieu of a degree • Work experience in the PCB/PWB manufacturing industry • Work experience in a Supplier Quality Engineering role • Experience with electrical/mechanical inspections, product test, equipment and instrumentation • Direct knowledge of manufacturing processes and supply chain logistics from raw material to finished goods • Effective, practical problem solver using structured problem-solving methods and systems • Effective communicator, able to express ideas clearly, directly and objectively to all levels of the organization • Ability to work, operate and contribute to a team with diverse background and experience • Certification to IPC-A-600 • Comprehensive working knowledge of IPC-6012, IPC-6013, IPC-6018, IPC-TM-650, MIL-STD-883 and other PWB-related standards and guidelines • Must live in or around the New England area of the United States • Relocation is not available • Eligibility to obtain a security clearance from the Department of Defense • Approximately 50% travel, including local day visits and overnight travel across the country

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Health savings accounts • 401(k) savings plan • Disability coverage • Life and accident insurance • Employee assistance program • Legal plan • Discounts on home, auto, and pet insurance • Paid time off • Paid holidays • Paid parental leave • Paid military leave • Paid bereavement leave • Applicable federal and state sick leave • Monetary or non-monetary recognition awards • Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics • Flexible work environment

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